I tripped over the term NPC, quite literally, on my way to an event the other night. Rushing to get there, I fell right in front of the venue. Embarrassed by how many people had just watched me eat ...

Having worked as a writer since 2014, Martin Wood started as a gaming academic before joining GameRant. His passion and aspirations for the field began with his childhood favorites, like Pokemon ...

The popular slang insult "NPC" actually has its roots in Dungeons & Dragons.

The term NPC, or non-playable character, blew up on TikTok last summer as streamers went live on the app and acted like robots with canned responses to stimuli. But NPCs, and NPC memes, have been ...

In Watch Dogs Legion, any random NPC can be a playable character if you recruit them to your squad but they might take some convincing first. Also, not everyone you pass on the street is necessarily ...

Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the newest installment in the Animal Crossing franchise, has a lot of villagers that are able to visit or live on the player's island, but what about the NPC's that ...